A Companion to the Early Middle Ages: Britain and Ireland c.500 - 1100

Drawing on 28 original essays, A Companion to the Early Middle
Ages takes an inclusive approach to the history of Britain and
Ireland from c.500 to c.1100 to overcome artificial distinctions of
modern national boundaries.

A collaborative history from leading scholars, covering
the key debates and issues

Surveys the building blocks of political society, and considers
whether there were fundamental differences across Britain and
Ireland

Considers potential factors for change, including the economy,
Christianisation, and the Vikings

Pauline Stafford is Professor Emerita at Liverpool
University, previously Professor of Medieval History. She is a
specialist in the history of Anglo-Saxon England and of women and
gender in England and Europe from the eighth to twelfth centuries.
Her previous publications include Queens, Concubines and
Dowagers, the King’s Wife in the Early Middle Ages (1983,
1998), Unification and Conquest, a Political and Social History
of England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries (1989), Queen
Emma and Queen Edith (1997, 2001), Law, Laity and
Solidarities (2001), Gender, Family and the Legitimation of
Power: England from the Ninth to Early Twelfth Century (2006),
and the jointly edited Gendering the Middle Ages (2000).

‘The concise presentation of complex information in
introductory form is a great talent… The fact that all
chapters of the book are consistently clear and readable as
introductions to the non-specialist is impressive. That they
challenge us conceptually and push at the boundaries of our
understanding as well as our knowledge is more so.’
—Reference Reviews

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